156 quotes
Mon ami, if you wish to catch a rabbit you put a ferret into the hole, and if the rabbit is there he runs. That is all I have done.
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
The fellow is an absolute outsider, anyone can see that. He's got a great black beard, and wears patent leather boots in all weathers!
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
“Tcha! Tcha!” cried Poirot irritably. “You argue like a child.”
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
“I like to see an angry Englishman,” said Poirot. “They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of language.”
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
What else will you have? Nice banana and bacon sandwich?
The Pale Horse (1961)
See you, one should not ask for outside proof — no, reason should be enough. But the flesh is weak, it is consolation to find that one is on the right track.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
It all came together then, you see — all the various isolated bits — and made a coherent pattern.
A Murder is Announced (1950)
Quite absurd, because Caleb has absolutely no taste for fornication. He never has had. So lucky, being a clergyman.
The Moving Finger (1942)
Without interest (hers not the type to wonder why!) but with perfect efficiently, Miss Lemon had fulfilled her task.
The Labours of Hercules (1967)
An Englishman thinks first of his work — his job, he calls it — and then of his sport, and last — a good way last — of his wife.
Death in the Clouds (1935)
Like most Englishmen, he felt something strongly, and proceeded to muddle around until he had, somehow or other, cleared up the mess.
N or M? (1941)
From a distance he had the bland aspect of a philanthropist.
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
Servants, of course, were not a particular luxury–it was not a case of only the rich having them; the only difference was that the rich had more.
An Autobiography (1977)
The reason he liked attending rich patients rather than poor ones was the he could exercise his active imagination in prescribing for their ailments.
Surprise! Surprise! (1965)
“Me, I am convinced it is the truth,” said M. Bouc, becoming more and more enamoured of his theory.
Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
Never do I deceive you, Hastings. I only permit you to deceive yourself.
Hercule Poirot’s Early Cases (1974)
John, forgive me... for what I can't help doing.
The Hollow (1946)
He is like a cat. And all cats are thieves.
Murder for Christmas (1939)
“Darling,” she drawled, “won’t that be rather tiresome? If any misfortunes happen to my friends I always drop them at once! It sounds heartless, but it saves such a lot of trouble later!”
Death on the Nile (1937)